Northern Queensland have won the title of tournament Champions at this year’s Santos National Indigenous Under 16 Championship which wrapped up on the Gold Coast yesterday.
The Championship, which sees Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players from state, territory and affiliate representative teams come together to compete, was secured by the Northern Queensland team after defeating Southern Queensland 19 - 12 in the final match yesterday.
Held at Palm Beach Currumbin Rugby Union Club on the Gold Coast, the tournament features six teams; Northern NSW, Southern QLD, Southern NSW/ACT, Combined States, Northern Territory, Northern QLD competing against one another in a round robin format across two days.
Day One saw teams play in three rounds of six 30-minute matches. The winners of each round then played one another in three final rounds on Day Two yesterday with Northern Queensland taking out the overall title.
Player of the Tournament was awarded to Moses Serevi from St Peters Lutheran College Brisbane with James Wedders Leece from Duval High School in Armidale winning the Best Forward or Back Award. Both were named to represent the National Indigenous Squad at this year’s National Under 16s Championship.
The National Under 16s Championship is a National residential tournament for Under-16 players for National, State or Territory representative teams, conducted annually by the Australian Rugby Union and is another important element of the Player Pathway at National, Provincial, Regional and Affiliate level.
The 2012 National Under 16s Championship will be held at St Ignatius College Riverview from Sunday 30 September until Friday 5 October.
The full list of players selected to represent the National Indigenous squad for the 2012 National Under 16s Championship is below.
INDIGENOUS U16s SELECTIONS 2012
Squad
Shadow 1
Shadow 2
1
Andrew Tolley
STH QLD
1
Lincoln Mara
NTH NSW
1
Kumya Gabey
NTH QLD
2
Whyte Adidi
NTH QLD
2
Callum Morris
NTH NSW
2
Thomas Stanford
NTH NSW
3
John Salee
NTH QLD
3
Codey Walker
ACT/SNSW
3
Nathan McLeay
NTH NSW
4
Beau Peterson
ACT/SNSW
4
Thomas Budby
STH QLD
4
Lyndan Moffatt
NT
5
Jarim Baker
NTH QLD
5
Thomas Clarke
NTH QLD
5
Ethan Page
STH QLD
6
Lincoln Whiteley
ACT/SNSW
6
Ashley Bell
STH QLD
6
Dylan Maynard
NTH NSW
7
Callum Barlow
STH QLD
7
Gerald Phinesia
STH QLD
7
Jack Arnold
NTH NSW
8
James Wedders Leece
NTH NSW
8
Samson Kelly
NTH QLD
8
Thomas Ashworth
COMB/STATES
9
Moses Serevi
STH QLD
9
Jack Smith
NTH QLD
9
Lionel Anau
NTH QLD
10
Harry Watkins
ACT/SNSW
10
Lionel Anau
NTH QLD
10
Adrian Elder
STH QLD
11
Damian Carriage
NTH NSW
11
Will Callen
ACT/SNSW
11
Kyle Riley
STH QLD
12
Jase Long
NTH NSW
12
Brock Catton
ACT/SNSW
12
William Bonning
NT
13
Connor Watson
ACT/SNSW
13
Lynton Enoch
STH QLD
13
Tyler Terare
COMB/STATES
14
Michael Doolan
ACT/SNSW
14
Gem Walit
NTH QLD
14
Lesley Bassani
STH QLD
15
Isaia Huet
NTH QLD
15
Luke Roberts
ACT/SNSW
15
Tony Pellow
NTH NSW
16
Leonard Snowball
NTH QLD
17
Jerome Pang
STH QLD
18
Travis Mullins
STH QLD
19
Zengrev Nova
NTH QLD
20
Frances Muhamed
NTH QLD
21
Daniel Maher
ACT/SNSW
22
Blake Milgate
COMB/STATES
23
Shawn Pierce
NTH QLD
